Senators Dullo, Sifuna Brawl Over Minority Whip Position

Fatuma Dullo, the minority whip in the Senate, and Edwin Sifuna, Nairobi senator, are fighting over an alleged plot to remove the former from office.

Sifuna announced on Friday that Dullo would be ousted due to alleged “greed and gross incompetence.” He said that the third-time senator was not competent enough to hold office.

“From what she has done, her conscious should direct her to resign, otherwise, we are going for her,” Sifuna said.

He added: “She has proved it herself [incompetence]. She is grossly incompetent from the way she handled the affairs of that office. She has to go.”

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The Isiolo senator on her part accused the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) secretary general of resorting to “gang attacking and arm-twisting”.

This she said as she claimed that he was only seeking to have her ousted as he wanted the position for himself.

“He wants the position for himself. But he should know that it is not a matter of life and death for me. If I am to leave, it is not him to decide. It is the Azimio principals who gave me the job,” she said.

“I am serving my third term. I was in the leadership in the last House. I have a master’s in law. Who else is more qualified than me when it comes to experience?” 

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Dullo, however, stated that she should she kicked out of office, the position will still go to a member of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party.

“He is used to arm-twisting and gang-attacking people. Let him try that elsewhere.  He is bitter with me because he wanted that position and mzee [Raila Odinga], denied him,” she continued.

“Sifuna must know how to relate with people. He is a junior member, only three months old in the House. He cannot make decisions for Azimio.”

Coming to her aid was Jubilee Parliamentary Group secretary Adan Keynan who said the position was a negotiated one as he warned against blackmail and character assassination.

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“That is a negotiated position. It is not a gift from anybody.  That position belongs to Jubilee and Dullo is our nominee for that position,” Keynan said.

“Dullo is a self-made politician and legendary lady from the North and we shall not allow anybody to demean her.” 

This comes days after Dullo was kicked out of the powerful Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). She was replaced with Nyamira’s Okong’o Omogeni.